• monotremata@lemmy.caEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      When you’re thinking about how to throw a basketball to get it through a hoop, do you use words for that?

      When you are thinking of the tune to a particular song, is that in words?

      I think a lot of people overestimate the role of words in thinking. There’s a lot of non-verbal thought.

      • wisely@feddit.orgEnglish
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        11 hours ago

        I do both of those using auditory words. Can’t imagine any other way and didn’t know anyone else could function so differently.

        Aiming a basketball: Ok let’s get this in, a little higher, to the left, ok looks good.

        Thinking of music: what’s the lyrics to that song, I think they were…